Matthew Bonn

    Matthew is the program manager with the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. He’s also an International Board member with International Network of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, and a knowledge translator for the Dr. Peters Centre. His freelance writing has appeared in publications including The Conversation, CATIE, Doctors Nova Scotia, Policy Options and The Coast. Matthew was also on the 64th Canadian Delegation to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He is a current drug user and a formerly incarcerated person.

    My Overdose on “Benzo Dope” Was Part of a Current Wave

    It’s hard to write a story about events of which you have almost no ...

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    How Buying My Drugs Online Has Been Working for Me

    Over the last year or so, I have been purchasing most of my supply ...

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    How Halifax’s Safe Supply Hotels Brought Hope in the Early Pandemic

    Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020, there was a confirmed case at ...

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    Fentanyl Batches I Have Known in Atlantic Canada

    Atlantic Canada often seems to get left out of discussions of our country’s ongoing ...

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    World Hepatitis Day 2021 Platforms a Crisis That “Can’t Wait”

    Since 2018, the World Hepatitis Alliance has promoted World Hepatitis Day—July 28—with the hashtag ...

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    What International Drug Users Remembrance Day Means to Me

    Today, International Drug Users Remembrance Day, is one day among all the others when ...

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    Detox Was the Right Choice for Me—Even If I Don’t Plan on Abstinence

    Not everyone goes to detox to become abstinent. People go for all kinds of ...

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    What I Learned From My First Injection Infection

    [This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection ...

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    On Canada’s East Coast, an Unexplained Influx of Pure Cocaine

    Nobody knows the smell, taste or feeling of pure cocaine like someone who injects ...

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    Women Are Leading Canada’s Safe Supply Movement

    Everyone deserves access to health care. It should be unconditional. If you have diabetes ...

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